Tim eyed the girls with a mischievous grin. After all, Jessica had told him to take as many pictures as he could….so why not take some of her and her friends. Alex looked skeptical. “I don’t know…..what if they get mad and decide not to take us to the store to get our action figures?” He asked worriedly. Tim rolled his eyes. “She literally said to take pictures” he said. “And she never said we couldn’t take pictures of them, after all….” Taking careful aim with the camera, he began….
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Justin hurried through the mall towards the store. He had an important business meeting today that he couldn’t afford to miss, and he’d gone all out, wearing his best suit and tie. His friend and coworker Ryan hurried alongside him, cradling the extensive files they’d put together to show why their store was such a good investment opportunity. An older Asian lady and her teenage grandson walked nearby, and Justin smiled politely as he caught her eye. She called over to him “Sir, please, I have a question?”
Justin hesitated for a second, causing Ryan to slow in turn. The grandson groaned. “Grandma Emiko, these men don’t work for the mall. They won’t know where your favorite store moved to.” He said. As the two suddenly began conversing in Japanese Justin fidgeted. They really needed to get to this meeting—
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Julia couldn’t believe her luck. First she’d made the JV cheerleading squad on her first try—and she’d impressed the varsity captain, Beth, in the process—and then she’d passed a math test she would have sworn she’d flunked—with an 82!—and now Ethan, the best looking guy in the freshman class, had asked her out! Julia suppressed a nervous giggle as she brushed her long, dark hair away from her face and smiled at Ethan. True, it was technically a double date with Ethan’s friend RJ and his girlfriend Gina, a busty redhead who’d barely said two words to her the whole time, but she still was having a good time just being around Ethan. The group continued heading towards the center of the mall, where—-FLASH
Greta glanced behind her to make sure her two sons were still following close behind. “Alexi! Theo! If you two won’t keep up, I’m going to hold onto that camera until we get home!” “I don’t even know why you boys wanted a retro camera anyway.” She grumbled to herself. Her friend Jasmine laughed. “You never know what’ll catch kids’ attention” the African American woman said. She gestured to her six year old daughter Rachael and four year old son Eric. “These two always keep me busy. One minute they can’t get enough of a toy, the next they don’t have the slightest interest in it. It’s enough to drive you crazy.” She said. Greta sighed. “Don’t I know it.” She responded. “I swear, some days“—-FLASH
Raquel clapped her hands three times, staring expectantly at her small group of students. The twenty five year old Latina had only recently started working at the exclusive private school, and watching a group of students outside of the classroom was testing her patience. Tim and Alex in particular kept lagging behind the group and messing around with this weird camera they brought from home, and she’d already had to tell Jessica twice to put away her cellphone. At least Emily and Gavin, the other two students assigned to her group, were quiet and well behaved. Dutifully, her students clapped back to her-all except Tim, who kept fiddling with the camera. “Tim!” She snapped, causing him to abruptly glance up.
“Oh, sorry Ms. Sanchez, I was just testing my camera.” He said apologetically. Raquel sighed. “Please, pay attention to me, not your device.” She said, fixing Jessica with a sharp glance as the blonde tried to subtly reach into her pocket for her phone.
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